Covert shifts of attention function as an implicit aid to insight

Cognition

Volumn 111, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 168-174

  Thomas, Laura E ^a   Lleras, Alejandro ^b  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

Attention; Embodied cognition; Eye movements; Insight; Problem solving

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTENTION; ATTENTION SHIFT; COGNITION; EYE MOVEMENT; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTROSPECTION; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBLEM SOLVING; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ATTENTION; COGNITION; EYE MOVEMENTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEARNING; MALE; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PROBLEM SOLVING; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME; SACCADES; VISUAL PERCEPTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 63149110659     PISSN: 00100277     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cognition.2009.01.005     Document Type: Article

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